joebadmo

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by joebadmo 15y ago
Yes, me too. People have mistaken my cubicle for an unoccupied one.
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by joebadmo 15y ago
The reply I've always heard to this is: "Then is an empty desk the sign of an empty mind?"
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Don't you think those people are cheap enough that they're probably not going to download your app at all if they can't refund it? Isn't that little bit of exposure better than nothing? Maybe if they end up really liking your app, they'll k
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Ergonomics is about a lot more than the keyboard, though. A laptop forces your arms/wrists and/or head/neck into ergonomically unsound positions, so unless there are laptops out there that transform into ergo hardware, I agree with the gp t
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by joebadmo 15y ago
It's obviously pretty unclear in the worst possible way, though, and pretty awkward, too. I disagree that the context makes it completely clear. There are any number of ways to write that sentence without the ambiguity.
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by joebadmo 15y ago
So it sounds like you use it as a last resort because of a broken scroll wheel. Isn't that an edge case?
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Certainly interesting, and I'm having trouble, as the author suggests I might, imagining what he proposes. It seems to me, though, that the state he describes--free market law--predates (as he sort of points out) currently prevalent systems
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Agree. And you turn the point around very nicely. I don't think Gruber used a very good metaphor to make his point. He also doesn't provide any sort of counter-argument. I'm curious as to whether he thinks there actually is something about
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by joebadmo 15y ago
I find it weird that someone who cares enough about communicating with people that he would build a web site for it would care so little about the actual writing he produces.
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Very strange, confused, and seemingly self-contradictory post. The author is not trying to dissuade anyone from using Google services and is a heavy user of G services himself. One would assume, then, that he doesn't find those services cre
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Interesting, I really didn't think anyone used them anymore. Just curious: do you not have a scroll wheel? I just tested, and it scrolls the same amount (WinXP (work)). The arrow keys on the keyboard also scroll the same amount.
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by joebadmo 15y ago
And don't forget an immediate visual indicator of the total length of the document. I feel like scroll bars have really matured to the point of being almost perfect. The only things I can think of to really change (looking at the scroll bar
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Yes, and you would think that Google of all companies would be uniquely suited to solving the second problem, but it hasn't, inexplicably, at least not yet.
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by joebadmo 15y ago
It sounds to me like you're somewhat conflicted, but your overall point is that your respect for sacrifice is contingent on the thing the sacrifice is for. That's totally fair. I'm an immigrant to the US and enlisted in no small part becaus
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by joebadmo 15y ago
You've presented justifications for jaded cynicism toward the system, but none for disparagement or condescension to those who serve. Yes, I was a young idealistic kid. Yes, I was lied to by recruiters. Sure, I was arguably indoctrinated by
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by joebadmo 15y ago
I thought of that, too, and yeah, you'd probably need a kill-switch for situations like that, but a panopticon for uniformed police strikes me as a great way to let everyone watch the watchmen, a badly needed check on an easily abusable aut
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I detect a note of disparagement toward our civil servants who have signed up for a job that puts them in harm's way. Maybe, as a military veteran, I'm over-sensitive/biased, but the tone is unnecessary to your point
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by joebadmo 15y ago
I'm also curious, since I agree that tabs as they are currently generally implemented definitely have some issues. I like what FF4 is doing with tab candy (panorama now?) and tab search. I'd really like a way to be able to see two tabs at o
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by joebadmo 15y ago
1 seems like it won't be a problem as long as Apple keeps disrupting/inventing markets a la iPhone and iPad. (This might be contingent on 4, though, I guess.) 2 does seem like an issue to a degree. I imagine the subsidized pricing of high e
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Pulling a Nokia, as it were? Still strikes me as mostly meaningless and somewhat desperate.
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by joebadmo 15y ago
After having used a Kindle 3 for a few months now, I've come to realize that there are certain things about it that a touchscreen would sort of ruin. It's a remarkably stress-free device. Some of the stress of using a tablet that an e-ink s
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by joebadmo 15y ago
Also Google Buzz (yes, I'm one of its four users). And even aside from that, on Android it's easily my favorite Twitter client, and now my only hope is that one or more of those alternatives or Dave Winer's latest project or something else
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by joebadmo 16y ago
My only real complaint about Instapaper is that it often seems to strip out the byline, and sometimes even the name of the publication, leaving me without some of the context I like to have when reading an article. (Here's an example of mis
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by joebadmo 16y ago
I think your quote is a misinterpretation of Eric Schmidt: http://blogs.gartner.com/jeffrey_mann/2009/12/18/googles-eri... It's arguable, but I agree with the author of the linked post.
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by joebadmo 16y ago
I agree. I think even the website, while a great overall shopping experience and basically synonmyous for me with online shopping, has a lot of issues graphic design -wise as well as usability stuff like drilling down into categories and so
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by joebadmo 16y ago
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin have a compelling take about the respective strengths/core competencies of Google and Apple in this episode of their podcast, Hypercritical: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/10
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by joebadmo 16y ago
I agree with you on tablets in general. Which is what makes me sad about tablets taking all the oxygen, even to the point of ChromeOS apparently getting touch functionality (which seems like a bad idea for many reasons). As a CR-48 owner, I
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by joebadmo 16y ago
Wasn't part of FB's initial cachet (for people outside of Harvard) that it was initially exclusive to Harvard? And wasn't Z being at H a prerequisite to H students using FB? I've always felt like FB's success was due more to good timing and
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by joebadmo 16y ago
I agree that it would be interesting and exciting, but the sample size still seems small to draw any serious conclusions.
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by joebadmo 16y ago
I don't see anything in the GP about being offended. And I totally agree; I automatically and almost unconsciously take an article less seriously if it's got glaring and common errors. I also disagree with your characterization of the amoun

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